EST. 1988 . . . The El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Wishes You and Your Family a Blessed and Merry Christmas . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 31st Year of Existence . . . Our web site has over 1.366 Million views and we thank you . . . For Tuesday December 18, 2018 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Diamond Dozen" Honorees Roll Call: Class of 1994 Honoree Randolph “Rainey” Young who pitched in the Copper League, umpired from the late 1930’s until his death in 1975 and he has been inducted into 2 Halls of Fame and El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Director and Class of 2011 Honoree Randy Weinglass who began umpiring in 1980, chosen by El Paso area coaches to umpire Texas High School playoffs for over 25 consecutive years and he was selected as a crew chief for the 2010 Texas High School State Tournament . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Ruben Porras
Inducted in 1991
Led Bowie High School to 1949 Texas High School State Championship
Graduated from Bowie in 1951 after leading Bears to Bi-District playoffs in 1950
Turned down a scholarship to pitch for Idaho University and started professional career in 1951 with the El Paso Texans
In 1951, the Texans opened their exhibition season against the New York Yankees and fresh out of high school he pitched against Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer
In 1952 he injured his arm pitching in the Mexican Winter League
Following two years of military service with the US Army he tried to resume his career but his arm never recaptured its magic
He attributes his success to his legendary Coach Nemo Herrera at Bowie High School who, “not only taught him the fundamentals of baseball but how to win”.
